Octobeer 16, 2022
Saturday.
The sidewalks are covered with the impressions of leaves which fell yesterday and were pressed into the soil by the feet of the passers, leaving a myriad dark spots -- like bird- tracks or hieroglyphics to a casual observer.
What are the sparrow-like birds with striped breasts and two triangular chestnut colored spots on the breasts which I have seen some time, picking the seeds of the weeds in the garden?
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, October 16, 1852
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